FED:Capon made gallery a treasured instutition

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2011
FED:Capon made gallery a treasured instutition

SYDNEY, Aug 3 AAP - Outgoing director Edmund Capon has been hailed for making the Art
Gallery of NSW one of Australia's most treasured institutions.

But the 70-year-old insists the cultural icon's future will be "more glorious that its past".

Announcing his retirement on Wednesday after 33 years at the helm, Mr Capon refused
to speculate on who would fill his shoes.

"The gallery has had a fairly illustrious past but I'm absolutely sure of one thing:
that it's future is much more glorious than its past," he told reporters at the Margaret
Olley 20th Century Gallery.

Mr Capon, who will retire at the end of the year, has been credited with making the
gallery more accessible and more popular.

When he was appointed to the position in 1978 by then-premier Neville Wran there were
around 300,000 admissions to the gallery each year.

This number has grown to 1.3 million by 2010/11.

Asked what his crowning achievement had been, Mr Capon replied: "It is still to come,
we are building up to a crescendo."

And with his usual mix of frankness and charm, he deflected questions about his successor.

"The trustees will handle that, it has nothing to do with me," Mr Capon said.

"In business they always worry about succession, in the arts we don't give a toss."

The president of the board of trustees at the gallery, Mr Steven Lowy, credited Mr
Capon with a "relentless pursuit of quality" and said he had made the gallery a treasured
institution.

"He has made the life of the gallery something that the community feels part of," Mr Lowy said.

"Quite simply, the Art Gallery of NSW is one of the most treasured institutions in
Australia... and Edmund deserves most of the credit for that."

Mr Lowy said that his time as director included a "laundry list of achievements that
could never possibly be described".

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell was also at the gallery to pay tribute to Mr Capon, saying
he had established the gallery as a player in the international scene.

"Edmund is as iconic as the gallery he has directed - and as wonderfully irreverent
as so many of the artists he has championed," Mr O'Farrell said.

"During his tenure he's served nine premiers and transformed the gallery from a dusty,
tired old building that no one wanted to visit into this highly appealing, iconic place
where people want to be, want to donate to and want to be associated.

"On behalf of the people of NSW, I thank you for it."

An international search is now underway for Mr Capon's replacement.

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VIC:Youths kill nesting swan

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2011
VIC:Youths kill nesting swan

Youths who attacked and killed a nesting black swan at a Melbourne park have probably
also given her unborn cygnet a death sentence.

Witnesses have told police four male and two female teens are responsible for the attack
at Queens Park yesterday afternoon.

They threw an object at the bird before running off and causing a serious head wound.

A witness rescued the swan .. nursing it for 20 minutes before it died in their arms.

The swan and its mate were the only nesting swans at the park and the father as remained
sitting on the single egg in the nest since the attack but police say the future of the
egg appears grim.

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VIC:Man jailed over sex with 14yo girl

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2010
VIC:Man jailed over sex with 14yo girl

One man's been jailed and another's walked from court after they had sex with a 14-year-old
girl after an afternoon of drinking.

The Victorian County Court heard the 14-year-old female victim was contacted through
Myspace by 19-year-old STEVEN HANDROS .. who picked up the girl and her friend from a
train station.

HANDROS and his friend 31-year-old RAVINDER SINGH later had consensual sex with the girl.

Judge MERYL SEXTON said the men engaged in a serious breach of trust .. and sentenced
SINGH to two-and-a-half years jail .. with a minimum of 10 months.

HANDROS received a wholly suspended 15-month jail term .. after the judge took into
account his youth .. admissions .. willingness to give evidence against his co-accused
.. and the narrow age between him and his victim.

AAP RTV mi/szp/mn/jr

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FED:Rudd with UN, Abbott claims

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-2010
FED:Rudd with UN, Abbott claims

KEVIN RUDD has got the United Nations job he was after.

UN secretary general BAN KI-MOON has announced the former prime minister's appointment
to a new 21-member panel on global sustainability in New York.

Mr RUDD's office says it's an unpaid position that might involve one meeting this year
and two next year .. and is completely consistent with his work as a Queensland MP.

Opposition Leader TONY ABBOTT says it raises the prospect of part-time ministers ..

should Labor win a second term.

AAP RTV cj/rl/jmt

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Fed: Fine for early fireworks, but rain threatens later displays

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2009
Fed: Fine for early fireworks, but rain threatens later displays

SYDNEY, Dec 31 AAP - Sydney has kicked off Australia's New Year's Eve celebrations
with a spectacular early firework display for families.

The sky was overcast but rain earlier in the day was gone by nightfall, leaving a clear
view of the pyrotechnics for the hundreds of thousands of Sydneysiders and visitors crowded
around the harbour.

"They were absolutely amazing, I didn't know which way to look, I wish I had 360 degree
vision," said 24-year-old Heather Morgan, from Wales.

Revellers in Melbourne were sweltering as they enjoyed their 9.15pm (AEDT) fireworks,
but those waiting for the midnight display could be in for too much of a cool change.

A weather system moving up from the southwest was threatening to bring thunderstorms
around 11.30pm (AEDT).

Despite warnings earlier this week that the fireworks on the Yarra River banks would
be cancelled if there was lightning, Acting Victorian Premier Rob Hulls said he expected
them to go ahead.

Pyrotechnician Andrew Howard said lightning wouldn't affect the display, but could
pose a safety risk for the operators.

In Brisbane, cool damp conditions have made life easy for police officers patrolling
party districts, after heavy downpours during the day.

More showers are forecast, but fireworks organisers say nothing short of a cyclone
will stop the displays at 8.30pm (AEST) and midnight (AEST).

In a first for the city, laser lights will be beamed from office buildings as part of the show.

In Hobart, a total fire ban declared for Thursday was lifted at 9pm (AEDT) to allow
fireworks displays to go ahead.

But Tasmanian Fire Service Chief Officer Mike Brown warned people to take extreme care
with fireworks and refrain from lighting bonfires in the hot, dry conditions.

Revellers in Sydney were encouraged to wear blue, in keeping with the promised blue
theme of the fireworks.

But most people have failed to heed the call, or failed even to hear it.

"Are we supposed to be wearing blue?" said Andy Larssen, 53, who actually was wearing
a blue shirt.

"I came straight from work in the shirt I'm wearing," he told AAP.

Annie Fitzgerald, 55, did get into the spirit.

"I have no blue clothes, so I bought blue scarves for me and my friends," she told AAP.

Not much blue was to be seen in the 9pm (AEDT) fireworks, with the technically difficult
colour perhaps reserved for the main show at midnight.

At Melbourne's Etihad Stadium, white was the dress code for 30,000 guests at Australia's
largest New Year's Eve party.

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Qld: Post-mortem may hold murder clues

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2009
Qld: Post-mortem may hold murder clues

EDS: Reissuing to clarify lead sentence



By Steve Gray

BRISBANE, Aug 19 AAP - A post-mortem examination will be held on the body of an 82-year-old
man found dead after a brutal attack at his Mt Isa home on Monday.

The man's 71-year-old wife was found with severe head injuries and remains in a critical
condition in Mt Isa Base Hospital.

More forensic specialists were flown from Brisbane overnight to assist the 30 police
officers already on the investigation, said Inspector Paul Biggin.

"A post-mortem will be held today, which hopefully will then lead us in a certain direction,"

he said.

Inspector Biggin said investigators will continue to doorknock the north-west Queensland
city of about 20,000 and re-interview people.

"It's down to just good old-fashioned police work at the moment," he said.

Inspector Biggin denied media reports the body and the injured woman had lain in the
house for some days before being found.

He said the couple's family were "extremely upset and traumatised" by the incident.

The couple's names have not been officially released.

AAP stg/ldj

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Fed: Asylum seekers sailed past navy boat to dock: residents

AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2009
Fed: Asylum seekers sailed past navy boat to dock: residents

By Warwick Stanley

PERTH, April 8 AAP - A boatload of asylum seekers sailed past an Australian navy vessel,
tied up at the Christmas Island wharf and patiently waited for Customs officials to take
them in for processing, angry residents say.

The federal opposition has seized on Wednesday's pre-dawn arrival as proof that border
security in northern waters is a joke, and that Labor's immigration detention policies
have given people smugglers the green light.

Residents have claimed the boat, carrying 45 people of Middle Eastern appearance, sailed
about 500 metres shy of a naval vessel packed with asylum seekers picked up off Ashmore
Island less than a week ago.

Wednesday's 4am arrival on the island brought to 160 the number of suspected illegal
immigrants detained by authorities in the past week alone.

The 45 aboard, believed to be Iraqis, followed the discovery of the 63 people on a
vessel off Ashmore Island last Thursday, and another 50 on a boat that ran aground near
Thursday Island last Wednesday.

Christmas Island resident Steve Watson said Wednesday's arrivals had been "free to
step off and walk around the island" when the vessel tied up at the jetty before dawn.

He said he received a call shortly after 5am from a friend who told him the boat had
docked and he "should come down here and have a look at this".

"There they were, they'd just walked off their boat, they were on Australian soil," he said.

"It's extraordinary when you think that a navy boat had been within half a kilometre
of them, with 63 for processing though the proper channels."

Opposition immigration spokeswoman Sharman Stone said the blatant nature of the latest
incident was an extremely serious development and a "shocking" indictment on Australia's
border security.

"If it's true they went so close (to the navy boat), and they were standing on the
pier waiting to be delivered into detention by a local, this is shocking, you have to
wonder what's going on," she said.

She said Australians would be right to wonder if the Rudd government's national border
security agency, rebranded Border Protection Command about a month ago, was a joke.

"We have to wonder if the new agency is just inept and incompetent or under-resourced,
or both," she said.

"This is the latest in a series of bungles ...

"We've now got this issue where people had to land themselves into detention because
they were apparently overlooked or unseen in Australian waters."

Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus issued a statement confirming a group of 45 people
had arrived by boat on Christmas Island on Wednesday morning.

He said they would be detained to undergo health, security and other checks to establish
their identity and reasons for their voyage.

"The group did not arrive on the mainland," his statement noted.

"The government's priority was to ensure the Australian mainland was secure and that
assets under the control of Border Protection Command were positioned accordingly.

"Christmas Island is approximately 1,000 nautical miles from the mainland. The priority
is to conduct surveillance to ensure that vessels do not reach the Australian mainland."

Mr Watson said there had been men, women and children of Middle Eastern appearance
aboard the unauthorised vessel, which was flying the Indonesian flag.

He said he'd been told many of them were Iraqis and that several were sick, but he'd
been unable to verify the reports.

Christmas Island shire president Gordon Thomson said that when he went to the jetty
to inspect the boat, the 45 arrivals had been taken away to be processed by Customs officials.

"I counted about 40 life jackets on the jetty which they had taken off and I definitely
saw children-sized life jackets," Mr Thomson said.

West Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam said the latest arrival did not mean Australia
had become a soft touch for people smugglers.

The number of people arriving in Australia by boat was relatively "tiny", he said.

AAP was/tnf/apm

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Fed: Showdown looming on broadband funding

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2008
Fed: Showdown looming on broadband funding

The federal government and opposition are heading for another showdown in the Senate
.. this time over broadband funding.

Labor's furious after the coalition won an amendment in the upper house to prevent
the government using money from the Communications Fund to subsidise the building of its
national broadband network.

Government frontbencher NICK SHERRY says the amendment's irresponsible and will have
severe ramifications for the NBN.

The government's almost certain to block the change in the lower house .. meaning another
Senate showdown looms.

AAP RTV ag/kms/af/crh

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Fed: Goods train derails on main Melb-Sydney line, near Benalla

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2008
Fed: Goods train derails on main Melb-Sydney line, near Benalla

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 AAP - A goods train has derailed in Victoria's north-east, obstructing
both sides of the main Melbourne to Sydney rail line.

Police say about 30 trucks on the Melbourne-bound Pacific goods service jumped the
tracks outside Benalla, 200km north-east of Melbourne, at about 8pm (AEST) yesterday.

The train's only occupants, the two drivers, were not injured. The locomotive did not
jump the tracks, police said.

The extent of the damage is not clear but the derailment has affected northbound and
southbound tracks.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been notified of the accident.

AAP jrd/ao

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FED: Hicks released from Adelaide jail=2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2007
FED: Hicks released from Adelaide jail=2

HICKS has been driven out of the maximum security jail in the back seat of a police
sedan .. which drove slowly past waiting media.

HICKS is being driven to a secret location in Adelaide .. where he'll start his life
out of custody.

His father TERRY HICKS and lawyer DAVID MCLEOD are now making a statement to the media.

AAP RTV sl/goc/tm

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NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2007
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers

SYDNEY, Aug 21 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers:

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Page 1: NSW farmers rejoice as late-winter rain settles over the bush.

Page 2: Prime Minister John Howard has pledged to put future budget surpluses into
a special investment fund.

Page 3: Westpac Bank has taken a former customer to court in a dispute over $11 million.

Page 5: Opposition leader Kevin Rudd stayed at a strip club for less than 15 minutes,
the club's owner Elliot Osher says.

World: Hurricane Dean unleashed winds of 230km/h on Jamaica yesterday.

Business: The head of the US Central Bank stepped in to halt the global market downturn
late last week.

Sport: The contract standoff between Newcastle Knights and Kirk Reynoldson reached
flashpoint yesterday.

MORE krc/jnb

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Fed: Coles shareholdings sale a good decision: Premier

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2007
Fed: Coles shareholdings sale a good decision: Premier

CANBERRA, April 5 AAP - Premier Investment Group's chairman Sir Ron Brierley says selling
the group's 5.9 per cent holding in retailer Coles to Wesfarmers was a good decision.

Wesfarmers has accumulated an 11.3 per cent holding in Coles, and this week along with
three consortium partners has made a $19.7 billion takeover bid for the company.

Sir Ron said selling Premier's holding to Wesfarmers was a deal that had to be done.

"Overall it was such a favourable deal to Premier that there was the motivation there
to do it," Sir Ron told ABC radio.

"Any deal of that magnitude always involves difficult decisions but at the end of the
day it was fairly obvious that it was deal that should be done and we did do it.

"I think it was not only a good sale for Premier but it was also a responsible sale
in terms of opening up a bit of competition for the various potential purchases of Coles,"

he said.

Premier Investments is the listed investment vehicle of billionaire businessman Solomon Lew.

AAP sld/cp/mn

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Qld: Accused terrorist wants to see girlfriend

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2006
Qld: Accused terrorist wants to see girlfriend

A high school teacher .. held in custody on terrorism charges .. has used his latest
court appearance to make a series of unusual requests of a Brisbane magistrate.

Among a dozen requests 40-year-old JOHN HOWARD AMUNDSEN made .. was for someone to
contact his estranged girlfriend on his behalf .. with a plea for help.

Chief Magistrate MARSHALL IRWIN said he had no power to assist with the request ..

but there's nothing legally stopping AMUNDSEN from contacting the woman on his own.

AMUNDSEN has taken the unusual step of representing himself in court after sacking
his fourth legal team last week.

He also asked the court to appoint a helper to assist his preparations for the case
.. and to be given the authority to interview 12 prosecution witnesses.

The magistrate said he couldn't authorise either request .. and told AMUNDSEN it's
up to him to make his own arrangements.

He also rejected AMUNDSEN'S call for a witness against him to be held in protective
custody because he fears family members would pressure them to change their evidence.

The magistrate suggested AMUNDSEN refer his concerns to police.

He was arrested in March .. after police found 53 kg of explosives at his home at Aspley
.. in Brisbane's north.

He's charged with using false documents to obtain explosives .. and preparing to commit
an act of terrorism.

AAP RTV ews/sc/wf/bart

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Tas: Service to mark Port Arthur 10th anniversary - 3 Hobart

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2006
Tas: Service to mark Port Arthur 10th anniversary - 3 Hobart

KEITH MOULTON .. whose daughter NANETTE MIKAC was killed along with her six-year-old
and three-year-old daughters .. ALANNAH and MADELINE .. told the crowd the past decade
had been difficult.

He said memories brought pain .. loss .. confusion .. sorrow .. anger and fear into
their everyday living.

MORE RTV hmg/dk/rt

KEYWORD: ARTHUR SERVICE 3 HOBART

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Vic: Fire crews battle through night ahead of blistering day

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2005
Vic: Fire crews battle through night ahead of blistering day

Fire crews in Victoria have fought through the night in a bid to contain an out-of-control
blaze in an open cut coal mine .. in the Latrobe Valley.

Dozens of firefighters have also worked overnight to black out two large scrub fires
in the state's east .. ahead of predicted gusty northerly winds and temperatures over
40 degrees today.

The fire at the Morwell brown coal mine .. 130 kilometres south-east of Melbourne ..

began yesterday afternoon.

It's burning on a coalface about 200 metres long and 100 metres high .. with about
50 Country Fire Authority firefighters and 40 power station workers fighting the blaze.

A total fire ban remains in force in all areas of Victoria but the eastern region ..

covering Gippsland .. until 4 am (AEDT) tomorrow.

AAP RTV jrd/tm/ibw

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Qld: Cool it when buying an airconditioner

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2005
Qld: Cool it when buying an airconditioner

Queensland Fair Trading Minister MARGARET KEECH is warning consumers to do their homework
this summer .. before buying an air-conditioner.

The Office of Fair Trading's received 31 complaints about air-conditioning units in
the past six months .. with the problems mostly to do with poor research and poor installation
rather than quality of the units.

Mrs KEECH says buying an air-conditioner and expecting it do what you want is a lot
more challenging than people expect.





She says consumers may be buying units that are too small for the number of rooms they
want cooled.

Insulation .. layout of the building and noise are other issues consumers need to consider
before making a purchase.

AAP RTV rl/rj/tm

KEYWORD: AIRCON (BRISBANE)

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REVENUES FROM COMMUNICATIONS GREW 12 IN JAN-NOV IN CHINA

AsiaInfo Services
12-24-2004
Revenues from Communications Grew 12 in Jan-Nov in China

CHINA, Dec 24, 2004 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- China's total communications business volume during Jan-Nov soared by 35.3 percent to CNY889.16 billion compared with the same period of last year; the revenues from communications business grew 12.0 percent to CNY525.17 billion, shows the latest statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry.

The total telecom business surged 37.8 percent to CNY837.16 billion; the post business grew 4.5 percent to CNY52 billion.

The revenues from telecom business rose 13.2 percent to CNY475.50 billion; the revenues from post business increased 1.6 percent to CNY49.67 billion.

The telephone users in the country increased by 110.38 million during the 11 months to 643 million, including an increase of 50.409 million fixed-line users and increase of 59.971 million mobile users. The Internet broadband accessing subscribers reached 22.863 million, including 16.363 million ADSL subscribers, both doubled from a year earlier.

The country's investment in communications fixed assets increased 4.9 percent to CNY179.2 billion from the same period of last year.

From CCID, Page 1, Thursday, December 23, 2004
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BEES, news told to

BEES, news told to
c. AD 500 (Oxford Book Greek Verse, no. 678) When bees come hither in the fair springtide, Tell them, ye nymphs … How on a wintry night Leucippus died.

1810 Gents Mag. pt. 1 309 [Pamber, Hants.] When the head of a family who keeps bees, dies, it is usual … to repair to the hives, and, gently tapping them, to say: ‘Bees, bees, awake! Your Master is dead; And another you must take.’ Otherwise the bees would either all die, or fly away.

1851 N & Q 1st ser. IV 308 [Bucks., c. 1825] It is common … for the nurse to go to all the bee-hives in the garden, and tap gently three times, each time repeating three times these words, ‘Little brownie, little brownie, your master's dead;’ when the bees, beginning to hum, show their consent to remain.

1867 Trans. Devon. Ass. 40. The bees must be informed, by tapping on the hive and whispering, of anything that takes place in the house, or if any of the family are ill, or going to, or returning from, a visit.

1870 Stamford Mercury 15 Apr. 6 [Stallingborough, Lincs., c. 1840] A woman staying with the bereaved family asked the widow, ‘Have the bees been told?’ The reply being ‘No’, she at once took some spice cake and some sugar in a dish [for the bees] then, rattling a bunch of small keys (I suppose to attract the attention of the indwellers), she repeated this formula: ‘Honey bees! honey bees! hear what I say! Your master, J.A., has passed away. But his wife now begs you will freely stay, And still gather honey for many a day. Bonny bees, bonny bees, hear what I say!’

1883 BURNE Shropshire 236. A woman at Meole Brace … lately tapped the hive three times and said, ‘The poor maister's dead, but yo mun work fur me,’ in which phrase … we have the key to the whole matter.

1906 KIPLING Puck of Pook's Hill IX. A maiden in her glory, Upon her wedding-day, Must tell her Bees the story, Or else they'll fly away.

1926 W. RAYMOND Verity Thurston XV. She … passed behind the row of beehives and fastened a wedding favour on the top of each with a hairpin. Then … she went down the front and told them … in … a little intimate confidential whisper at the entrance of each hive. ‘I be to be married today to Cap'n Merman.’

1946 Sussex N & Q 60. The teller should rap on the outside of the hive with the front door key.

1955 Sunday Times 24 July 2 [Worcs., c. 1925] She visited [the bees] many times a day … When she had any important family news she would dress very carefully—even to gloves—and leave the house ceremoniously by the front door. For a death she wore her very formidable widow's weeds and carried two pieces of crape to tie on the hives. For a wedding she donned her gayest dress and carried white ribbon; for a birth the ribbon was pale blue or pink.

1959 Woman's Day 5 Sept. 2 [Shrops.] He was not superstitious, and did not tell the bees of a death in the family, but some time later he lost seven hives of bees, and it was not because of lack of winter feeding—he always fed them on barley sugar.

1961 Shrewsbury Chronicle 3 Mar. 1. Sam Rogers was devoted to his bees. And when he suddenly died … his children … walked round the 14 hives ‘telling the bees’—to stop them, as legend has it, flying away. But as a memorial service was being held in the Shropshire village church of Myddle, the bees left their hives and settled in a great swarm all over the flowers on Sam's grave.

1969 S. MAYS Reuben's Corner 165 [Ashdon, Essex] Family letters with bad tidings should always be read to the bees, preferably those in hives, otherwise misfortune would continue.

1984 [Dulwich, London] My neighbour's son came round to say ‘Have you heard, I'm getting married.’ ‘Has your father told his bees?’ I asked. ‘Of course,’ he said. Cf. ROOKS informed of a death.

Intelligent Service Meets Customer Intelligence Through Alliance Between Pegasystems and Acxiom.

Business/Technology Editors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

Strategic Alliance Unites Pegasystems' eCRM Foundation Template with

Acxiom's Solvitur(4)(SM) Framework

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) today is not only the classification for a range of software applications, but it is now a tangible competitive differentiator in an environment that demands technically advanced, intelligent customer support. Pegasystems (Nasdaq: PEGA) today announced a strategic technology alliance with Acxiom(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) to deliver a multi-channel CRM solution that provides organizations with the ability to identify and support their customers with intelligent, consistent and superior service.

Pegasystems has developed an integration connector between its eCRM Foundation Template for rules-driven customer service and Acxiom's Solvitur(4)(SM) framework for Customer Data Integration (CDI). The resulting connector combines Pegasystems' ability to automate customer service transactions and drive customer interaction based on flexible, best practice rules and Acxiom's real-time, multi-point CDI and data enhancement capabilities. Organizations using the connector will have a detailed view of the customer and guidance for the interaction, including information such as who is calling, what their history with the company is and how they should be serviced.

Acxiom's Solvitur(4) solution is powered by Acxiom's market-leading CDI software, AbiliTec(TM), which enables CRM systems to more accurately and rapidly create a single view of the individual customer across the business enterprise. Linked to Acxiom's comprehensive knowledge base of business and consumer names and addresses, AbiliTec quickly and easily handles large-scale databases of hundreds of millions of customer records, providing enhanced relationship management and greater accuracy in database marketing.

The Pegasystems eCRM Foundation Template is an internet-architected sales, service and marketing tool. Driven by Pegasystems' patented rules engine, it offers a comprehensive range of call center and Web capabilities for financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and insurance organizations, facilitating consistent, seamless customer services across multiple channels while allowing real-time personalization of each customer's service experience.

"Through Solvitur(4) powered by AbiliTec, we can offer Pegasystems customers a solution that allows them to do more and be proactive with their customer information and their customer service," said R.C. Crompton, alliances account relationship leader at Acxiom. "We decided to partner with Pegasystems because they are a leading provider of rules technology, which provides the right vehicle for effectively leveraging the customer intelligence that we deliver."

"Solvitur(4)'s use of AbiliTec software complements Pegasystems' eCRM Foundation Template to provide rules-driven customer interaction and transaction capabilities," said Alan Trefler, founder and CEO, Pegasystems. "Now, customers of both Pegasystems and Acxiom can be more intelligently serviced. Regardless of whether your customer contacts you via the Web or via the telephone, companies with the connector will have a unified view of that customer that brings together an advanced, intelligent customer history with the ability to guide, automate and fulfill customer service needs."

About Acxiom Corporation

Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM), the global leader in real-time, multi-channel Customer Data Integration, enables businesses to develop and deepen customer relationships by creating a single, accurate view of their customers across the enterprise. Acxiom achieves this by providing Customer Data Integration software, database management services, and premier customer data content through its AbiliTec(TM), Solvitur(R) and InfoBase(R) products, while also offering a broad range of information technology outsourcing services. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is based in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the United States and with operations in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Australia. Acxiom revenues were $1.03 billion for the 12 months ended September 30, 2000.

About Pegasystems

Pegasystems is a leading provider of rules-based workflow solutions that evolve traditional thinking about Customer Relationship Management to the electronic/extended/enterprise world of the Internet. Driven by the Company's patented rules engine and Internet architecture, Pegasystems' eCRM solutions have been chosen by many of the world's forward-thinking organizations to maximize customer satisfaction and retention, increase revenues, improve productivity and reduce costs.

Pegasystems' rules-based solutions institutionalize a company's best practices, personalize customer interactions and automate work. The rules architecture enables organizations to evolve the system to respond to changing market dynamics and capture new business opportunities. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pegasystems has regional offices in North America, Europe and Australia. Access Pegasystems on the Web at http://www.pegasystems.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release may be construed as "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve various risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's actual results to differ from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the impact of pending litigation and regulatory proceedings, material weaknesses in the Company's financial control environment, difficulty in predicting the completion of product implementations and consequently the timing of revenue recognition, the inability to attract and retain key employees, reliance on key third-party relationships, management of the Company's growth and other risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other factors which could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements contained in this press release is contained in the Company's 1999 annual report on Form 10-K/A on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: Pegasystems is a registered trademark of Pegasystems Inc. Acxiom, InfoBase and Solvitur are registered trademarks of Acxiom, RTC, Inc. AbiliTec is a trademark of Acxiom Corporation. Solvitur4 is a service mark of Acxiom Corporation. Other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Hillary's anger lights up after rape claims.(National)

First Lady Hillary Clinton threw an antique lamp at her husband after watching a TV interview in which a woman claimed the President had raped her.

US Internet journalist Mr Matt Drudge - who first revealed the Monica Lewinsky affair - claimed yesterday the first family's disharmony came during their recent skiing holiday in Utah.

He said Mrs Clinton had only heard of the Juanita Broaddrick interview but then a staff member gave her a video tape to watch at her leisure.

According to an insider, Mrs Clinton viewed the video late in the evening after the President and daughter Chelsea had gone to sleep.

"She was so enraged at what she saw that she stormed into President Clinton's bedroom, picked up an antique lantern and threw it at her sleeping husband," reported Mr Drudge on his Internet site yesterday.

A screaming match ensued, Chelsea overheard the argument and broke down crying and later told her father that she had wished he was not there. The holiday was cut short, according to Mr Drudge.

The White House last week claimed the holiday was shortened because the President and Mrs Clinton wanted to return to Washington.

But then Mrs Clinton failed to go on a trip to Central America with the President leading to reports of a break-up.

One source claimed Mrs Clinton said she did not want to be in the same room as her husband, never mind the same bed.

But the President and his spokesman said Mrs Clinton did not travel with her husband because she had a bad back.

Mrs Clinton is scheduled to attend four public events with the President this week.

The First Lady is considering running for the Senate in New York and plans a month of "introspection" before announcing her decision.

New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said yesterday: "She's going to take a good month, at least, to do that and look into herself.

"She has to look deeply into her soul and determine whether she really wants to be senator."

Mrs Clinton is eyeing a run for the seat being vacated in the year 2000 by retiring Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. She could face New York's feisty Republican Mayor Rudi Giuliani, who also is looking at the race.

Meanwhile, the Clintons put on a show of harmony as they walked arm-in-arm into a Washington church on Sunday to hear a sermon on true love.

It was their first appearance together since the reports of a marital rift in the White House.

The President and Mrs Clinton appeared at Foundry United Methodist Church hours after Mr Clinton returned alone from Hope, Arkansas, where his boyhood home was dedicated during a sparsely attended ceremony.

The First Lady and Chelsea, who is at Stanford University, did not attend the dedication.

Americans rank President Clinton number one among post-war presidents on foreign policy success, up from eighth place in the middle of his first term, according to a poll released yesterday.

He soared past Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush and Carter, ranked in that order in 1994, to top the poll of presidents with "very successful" foreign policy performance since the Second World War. Only Presidents Ford and Johnson had trailed Clinton in the 1994 poll.

The survey, conducted every four years by Gallup for the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, shows support for a strong defence and for efforts to fight terrorism and prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

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Argentina: Telefonica and Motorola sign cooperation agreement.

Telefonica has signed a cooperation agreement with Motorola to foster the development of mobile telecommunications, by which Motorola will be a preferred supplier of equipment of Telefonica's operations worldwide, and develop interconnection standards for the commuting platforms used by Telefonica. Telefonica is the major supplier of telecom services in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. Its subsidiaries in Europe, Latin America and the US have a potential market of 530mil customers, while Telefonica has 51.5mil subscribers half of which in Latin America. In Argentina Telefonica operates basic telephone services in the North region, and also renders cellular telephone services, Internet access, voice & data communications, and trunking services. In addition it has shares in communications companies such as AtCo, CableVision, Torneos y Competencias, and AC Inversora.

Source: El Cronista Page: 22 Date: June 29, 1999 Country: Argentina Product: Telecommunications Company: Telefonica ; Motorola Event: Partnerships SABI (South American Business Information)

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Volunteer Title Insurance and Escrow Closings Company Announces the Launch of Their New Website.(Website overview)

Waverly, TN (PRWEB) July 29, 2011

There is a new resource that real estate professionals, brokers, agents, and investors can turn to for their real estate title insurance and escrow closing needs. Volunteer Title Company opened its doors online with the recent launch of their website, volunteertitle.com.

Since 1971, Volunteer Title Company has been offering their real estate title services at their location in Waverly, Tennessee. With the recent trend of being available online, Volunteer Title decided to become available via Internet. Although a small firm, Volunteer Title takes great pride in meeting the needs of their clients. Principals are Tennessee title insurance agents.

"At Volunteer we believe that we offer our customers a home town real estate title service with big city expertise," says Bob Thomason, president of Volunteer Title.

Volunteer Title Company's new website is easy to navigate. Visitors don't have to search for information. All the information is easy to get to with the top navigation. Visitors can learn about Volunteer Title Company's history, team, and the Law Offices of Porch Peeler Williams Thomason, Solicitors & Attorneys, the associated law firm.

"We have been in business for over 40 years and are excited about the launch of our firm's site on the Internet. We look forward to being of service to those who find us by this means," says John Williams, Volunteer Title chairman.

The new website also lists all the services Volunteer Title Company provides in the Services tab. Such services include real estate title records abstracting, document filings, title insurance underwriting for sellers, buyers, and lenders, closing real estate transactions, and more.

Volunteer Title Company issuing agents represent Chicago Title Insurance Company and Old Republic Insurance company. To learn more about Volunteer Title's services and team, visit their new website at volunteertitle.com

About Volunteer Title Company

Volunteer Title Company has been in business since 1971 providing real estate closing, escrow closings, title insurance, and more. Located in Waverly, Tennessee on the Court House Square, they have been meeting the needs of local investors, home buyers, and real estate professionals with great attention to detail and customer service. Volunteer Title is a member of the American Land Title Association and the Tennessee Land Title Association.

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Top ten sports.

1 Squash

If you can't face a summer without sport, squash is an excellent indoor alternative, helping you keep that competitive edge in the hot season without collapsing with dehydration. It's easy to pick up but hard to master, so if you've never played before, you'll probably want to carry on playing all year round. There are plenty of courts at hotels and gyms around town - check out www.dubaisquash.org.

2 Climbing

Only the brave and foolish head to the mountains in summer - but you can still get a fix at the indoor climbing wall at Pharaohs' Club, Wafi (04 324 0000, www.wafi.com). The centre offers a range of courses for kids and adults of all abilities, as well as public sessions for experienced climbers. The wall consists of varied routes, and crash mats are present for bouldering - all without the blistering sun on your neck.

3 Skiing/Snowboarding

Another must-do indoor activity while you're in the UAE. Lessons are offered in the Ski Dubai Snow School, while the world's first indoor black run challenges advanced skier. The Snow Park is great fun for children, with so much space. You can build a snowman, ride a bobsled or explore a snow cavern. Don't forget that hot chocolate at the Avalanche Cafe though.

04 409 4000, www.skidxb.com

4 Bowling

Al Nasr Leisureland (04 337 1234) has eight lanes surrounded by fast food outlets and a bar. It can get busy, so you should make a booking. The first game costs dhs15, including shoe rental; games thereafter are dhs10. The Dubai Bowling Centre (04 339 1010, www.bowlingdubai.com) has leagues for serious players as well as those who bowl for fun. Prices are dhs20 per game or dhs130 per hour for a lane.

5 Martial Arts

Aspiring Bruce Lees are well catered for with many centres offering courses in judo, aikido, karate, kick boxing and other martial arts. In addition, many fitness clubs and gyms offer thai boxing, kung fu, self-defence and other martial arts. For kids, the Active Sports Academy (050 559 7055, www.activeuae.com) has an excellent range of disciplines and runs after-school classes as well as holiday camps.

6 Table Tennis

Table tennis can be played for dhs20 per hour at Insportz (04 347 5833) just behind Dubai Garden Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road; booking is required. Several of the older leisure clubs provide table tennis, although the equipment is usually a bit rusty. The UAE Table Tennis Association is based in Dubai (04 266 9362), and can provide information on how to get into leagues and high level competitions.

7 Gymnastics

Whether you are looking for professional coaching, something to keep the kids active or just to try out a new activity, there are gymnastic facilities and training for all. DuGym Gymnastics Club (050 553 6283, www.dugym.com) offers gymnastics and trampoline coaching for children of all abilities. The club operates at locations throughout Dubai from Sunday to Thursday.

8 Shooting

Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club (04 548 7777) has indoor pistols, rifles and revolvers, as well as 25m and 50m ranges. A fully trained safety instructor is on hand at all times. Beginner lessons cost dhs150 for 30 minutes with .22 caliber weapons; 25 shots are charged at dhs95. You can head further afield to the Ras Al Khaimah Shooting Club (07 236 3622) which offers lessons in firing shotguns or long rifles.

9 Cycling

If you'd like to get on your bike but the heat has put an end to any road journeys, join an RPM session at one of the branches of Fitness First. The hour-long workouts merge music with cycling on a customised bike. Sessions cost dhs100 (which also allows you to use the rest of the facilities) and can be taken at most of its branches including Ibn Battuta Mall (04 366 9933) and Dubai Festival City (04 375 0177).

10 Boxing

Harness you inner Rocky at Dubai Fight Academy (050 650 1184/050 650 1184 www.fightacademy.ae) which organises Thai boxing lessons and tournaments. Membership is dhs500 per month which includes use of the gym and pool. Colosseum Health & Fitness Club (04 337 2755, www.colosseumuae.com) specialises in boxing, Muay Thai (Thai boxing), kickboxing and street fighting.

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CUBA: INTERACTIVE FORUM IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FIVE.

According to ACN: The International Interactive Forum "No More Injustice, Release them Now," reported dozens of messages of solidarity with The Five and more than 300 visits from people coming from 18 nations, the Trabajadores weekly newspaper reported on Monday. Participants in the Forum, held as part of the 7th edition of the Common Front of Ideas which brought together in the Isle of Youth press professionals from around the country, demanded of US President Barack Obama to put an end to the unjust imprisonment of these five Cuban heroes, incarcerated in the United States for almost 13 years now. The information adds that these Internet users declared themselves to be in favor of the effective use of new technologies to spread the truth about this case, in such a way that the wall of silence that big corporations of information have built around Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Laba?ino and Rene Gonzalez can be broken. Participants in the Forum -from the US, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Sweden, Brazil and Argentina, among other countries-, denounced the violations of the US law related to prisoners' rights and of international law, evidenced in the process against these Cuban patriots.

UANI and Iran180 to Protest Companies Economically Tied to Iran in NYC Today.

Siemens, Sinopec, Eni, Essar Oil and Nokia Siemens Networks Will Be Protested

NEW YORK -- United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and Iran180 will be conducting protests today on Friday June 10, 2011 at the New York offices of major multinational corporations which do extensive business with Iran. Demonstrators will ask to speak with representatives from the companies and will present a list of demands. The demonstrations will include performances by a ten-foot tall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad puppet and street theater actors.

WHO:			United Against Nuclear Iran and Iran180
WHAT:			Protest against companies economically tied to Iran's regime
WHEN:			Friday, June 10, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
WHERE:			1:00 PM - Eni, a major integrated Italian energy company which according to The New York Times "has openly admitted in filings that their activities in Iran potentially violated U.S. sanctions." 485 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor (corner of Madison and 52nd)
			1:25 PM - Sinopec, a Chinese petroleum company involved in oil exploration and production in Iran as well as gasoline supply. 410 Park Avenue, Ste. 22 (Corner of Park and 55th)
			1:50 PM - Siemens AG, the German engineering conglomerate. Siemens continues to do business with Iran despite having pledged to stop accepting new orders. 601 Lexington Avenue, 56th floor (corner of Lexington and 53rd)
			2:15 PM - Essar Oil, a fully integrated Indian oil and gas company and a major purchaser of Iranian crude oil. 145 East 43rd Street, 36th Floor (43rd St. between 3rd and Lexington)
			2:40 PM - Nokia Siemens Networks, implicated in 2009 for providing critical technology to the Iranian government which allowed it to intercept citizens' internet communications. 24 West 44th Street (44th St. between 5th and 6th Ave)
WHY:			The event will serve to increase the level of pressure on companies that continue to have economic ties with a regime that brutally suppresses its own people. By condemning companies that do business with the Iranian regime, the event will demand those corporations stop enabling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his corrupt leadership, and it will serve to mark the second anniversary of the unjust 2009 Iranian presidential elections.

PROBING QUESTION: HAS TECHNOLOGY MADE LIFE EASIER FOR WORKING MOMS?

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa -- The following information was released by Pennsylvania State University - University Park:

Want to know what mainstream America's ideal moms looked like 50 years ago? Tune into television shows of that era such as Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, and The Donna Reed Show and you'll find the ladies of those households swirling around immaculate kitchens in floral aprons, with perfectly coiffed hair and tasteful makeup. When not busy making a pot roast for the nightly formal family dinner, they might be found pruning their tea roses (in pearls), doing needlepoint or reading a homemaking magazine.

Fast-forward 50 years and these middle-class women would more likely be found juggling full-time jobs in today's "knowledge economy," racing between work and their kids' activities, and eating meals on-the-go -- all while tweeting, texting, messaging and blogging, both for business and pleasure.

But is all the technology helping today's working mothers achieve the elusive goal of work-family balance?

"In my research I have interviewed more than 200 women in several different countries who are working in the knowledge economy," said Eileen Trauth, professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State.

Her conclusion? There shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all approach to women's work-life balance.

"We should have the flexibility to enable family units to enact a variety of ways to achieve a good balance," Trauth said. "This might mean more and better policies for parental leave for both parents, retraining options for those who left the paid labor force for several years and want to return, part-time work that keeps people on a career track, and work-at-home options. Certainly, technology enables some of these options."

Just a decade or two ago, online degree programs, tablet computers that fit in purses and video conferencing via your smart phone didn't exist. In today's world, they've made it possible for a working mother to attend a meeting when she's home with a sick child, take night classes in her PJs, and answer emails during soccer games.

But is technology causing working moms to be tethered to work 24/7? It's a double-edged sword, said Rachel Coker, mom of two young daughters and a full-time director at Binghamton University.

"On some days, I'm on my cell phone navigating an issue at work while frosting cupcakes for a school event. In that sense, technology has made it possible to be present both at home and at work when that's truly necessary," Coker said. However, she continued, "I wouldn't say technology has created any free time in my life. If anything, it has filled what might have been free time -- the 10 minutes when I'm waiting at the doctor's office, for instance -- with work. I check email, return phone calls and schedule appointments instead of daydreaming or reading a magazine."

Debra Hawhee, a professor at Penn State and mom to a toddler, said "In the first few months of my baby's life, it was very helpful to be able to read and send emails as I could without having to devote an hour or so sitting at a desk and doing that work. My job is flexible, which means that I can do it when I want. This may seem tethering, but it also means that I can do a bunch of writing or research in the evenings after the baby goes to bed, which allows me to put everything down and be with my kid for a few hours during a weekday."

Technology affords us flexibility, agreed Trauth, but also can bring increased stress and pressure.

"Because we can be contacted anytime, anywhere, and because work can be accomplished anytime, anywhere, there is a trend toward assuming that people will and should be available to work all the time," Trauth said. "In theory, the knowledge economy and technology open up more opportunities for women. Unfortunately, in many families women have the burden of having two full-time jobs -- the day job and the unpaid job at home. Cultural norms about gender roles sometimes preclude men from being expected to do as much domestic work as women. So I think work-life balance has not been achieved in settings in which a father doesn't do as much at home as the mother when she also works outside the home."

"The bottom line," Trauth said, "is that we humans control how the Internet impacts the lives of everyone, including mothers. So if we are not happy with how the Internet affects our lives and families, we shouldn't blame the technology but rather the work culture and management policies."

LodgeNet Announces Completion of Offering of 2.5 Million Shares of Common Stock.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET) today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced offering of 2.16 million shares of common stock, $0.01 par value. In addition, the Company announced that Craig-Hallum Capital Group, LLC, the underwriter of the offering, exercised in full its option to purchase an additional 324,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, bringing the total amount of common stock sold to 2,484,000 shares. The sale price to the investors was $6.00 per share. The offering was completed pursuant to LodgeNet's shelf registration statement filed on January 14, 2010. After fees and expenses, the net proceeds will be approximately $13.7 million.

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Approximately $6.8 million of the net proceeds are expected to be used by the Company to significantly accelerate the deployment of its high-definition ("HD") interactive systems into select hotels signing new contract extension agreements. The Company expects that the proceeds from the offering and additional cash from operations will enable it, over the balance of the year, to more than double the number of hotel rooms it originally planned to convert to its HD platform in 2010, increasing from approximately 50,000 to more than 110,000 rooms. The balance of net proceeds will be used to reduce the outstanding balance of the term loan as required under its Credit Facility.

About LodgeNet Interactive

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation is the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions designed to meet the unique needs of hospitality, healthcare and other guest-based businesses. LodgeNet Interactive serves approximately 1.9 million hotel rooms worldwide in addition to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The Company's services include: Interactive Television Solutions, Broadband Internet Solutions, Content Solutions, Professional Solutions and Advertising Media Solutions. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation owns and operates businesses under the industry leading brands: LodgeNet, LodgeNetRX, and The Hotel Networks. LodgeNet Interactive is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET. For more information, please visit www.lodgenet.com.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statement

The statements in this press release regarding anticipated HD room conversion are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements based on a number of factors. For additional information concerning these and other risks and uncertainties that could affect these statements and the Company's business, see Part I, Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K subsequently filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to republish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

LodgeNet is a registered trademark of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation. All rights reserved. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

SOURCE LodgeNet Interactive Corporation

Free Advertising on Go 2 What's New

CHICAGO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Go 2 What's New (http://www.go2whatsnew.com) is offering manufacturers a FREE full-page graphic ad for 30 days to showcase new products on the Internet. This free advertising offer affords manufacturers an opportunity to extend the reach of their new product marketing efforts to the Go 2 What's New audience of consumers with a strong interest in new products. Their new products will be featured in a digital environment dedicated to introducing new products and services to online consumers.

In addition to being displayed in Go 2 What's New's graphically unique full page format, the free advertisements can include live links to the company's homepage and nearest point of purchase. "We have the ability to drive customers directly to a manufacturer's point of purchase with just a single click, and are willing to prove our unique marketing strategy by offering one month of free, targeted advertising," said Go 2 What's New CEO Jeffrey Weiss. "We encourage manufacturers to check out our site, come online for one month and reach their target audience quickly and inexpensively. It won't cost them a dime and we'll drive traffic right to their point of purchase."

Visitors to Go 2 What's New can access product listings, full-page graphical ads, pertinent product information, relevant and current news stories, and links to nearest points of purchase in several categories: Computers, Consumer Electronics, Travel, Gifts, Gourmet & Dining, Music and Finance.

Since Go 2 What's New was launched just over one year ago, it has become one of the most visited Web sites for information on new products and services. Over the past year there have been over 80,000 visitors to Go 2 What's New. More than 140 companies promote their new products and services on Go 2 What's New. Current advertisers include Intuit, Motorola, CuisineNet, American Airlines, Hitachi, IBM, Sony, Warner Brothers and many more.

For more information on Go 2 What's New, please contact Randall Pickard, Director of Marketing via e-mail: randall@go2whatsnew.com or toll-free: 888-658-0300.

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GATX COMMENCES LAWSUIT AGAINST HAWKER SIDDELEY AND PROCOR TO ENFORCE ITS SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS IN RELATION TO CGTX, INC.

CHICAGO, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- General American Transportation Corporation today announced that, along with GATX Corporation and General American Transportation's Canadian subsidiary, it has commenced a lawsuit in Ontario, Canada, to stop Hawker Siddeley Canada Inc., and Procor Limited from proceeding with a previously announced plan whereby Procor would acquire control of Hawker Siddeley's 55 percent ownership interest in CGTX Inc. and a one-third interest in Hawker Siddeley's Beacon eye care business for Cdn. $120 million. General American Transportation holds the remaining 45 percent of CGTX.

CGTX leases and operates a fleet of approximately 8,400 railroad cars throughout Canada. Additionally, CGTX operates three service facilities to maintain its railcar fleet.

General American Transportation believes that the agreement entered into by Hawker Siddeley and Procor does not comply with General American Transportation's long-standing contractual rights under its 1967 shareholders agreement with respect to any disposition of CGTX shares by Hawker Siddeley. Hawker Siddeley did not obtain the consent of General American Transportation before entering into its arrangement with Procor or give General American Transportation advance notice of the transaction.

General American Transportation is seeking an injunction to prevent Hawker Siddeley from disposing of its CGTX shares and is asking the Ontario Court of Justice to order that General American Transportation is entitled to purchase the CGTX shares. General American Transportation is also seeking damages from Procor, Hawker Siddeley and Hawker Siddeley's directors.

General American Transportation believes that Hawker Siddeley and its officers and directors have entered into the arrangements with Procor on a basis that is oppressive and unfairly prejudicial to General American Transportation's interests as a CGTX shareholder because the Procor transaction breaches General American Transportation's contractual rights and would result in General American Transportation being a minority shareholder in a corporation controlled by that corporation's largest competitor. In addition, the value of General American Transportation's 45 percent interest has been adversely affected because Hawker Siddeley has provided Procor, the largest lessor of railcars in Canada, with confidential and competitively sensitive information about CGTX.

The Procor agreement is highly conditional and contains numerous termination rights in favor of Procor. The details of the conditions and termination rights were not disclosed in the Hawker Siddeley press release of Feb. 20, announcing the transaction. The agreement with Procor entitles Procor to terminate the agreement with Hawker Siddeley without any obligation to proceed with its offer in numerous circumstances. For example, the commencement of litigation such as General American Transportation's lawsuit entitles Procor to abandon the transaction without making its offer and nonetheless receive at least $2.5 million from Hawker Siddeley.

Over the last six months, General American Transportation has repeatedly made proposals to Hawker Siddeley to acquire its CGTX interest at a fair price. Hawker Siddeley has never negotiated with General American Transportation to arrive at a mutually satisfactory transaction price or transaction structure.

Commenting on the decision to launch legal proceedings against Hawker Siddeley and Procor, D. Stephen Menzies, senior vice president of General American Transportation said, "General American Transportation has been a shareholder of CGTX for 64 years and has proposed various means of acquiring Hawker Siddeley's shares in CGTX. Hawker Siddeley refused to enter into meaningful discussions with us and instead decided unilaterally to structure a transaction that violates our rights. We have been forced to protect our interests in the courts."

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Lionbridge Reports Record First Quarter.

M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2007-Top Of Our Radar: Lionbridge Reports Record First Quarter(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:09052007

Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step ahead of the markets. Activity on the NASDAQ market has brought this company to the attention of our research team. Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX), is responding to the attention of investors. Our goal is to create a community of international investors who consistently and effectively capitalize on the enormous gains the small-cap Canadian and American exchanges offer.

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Financial highlights for the quarter include:

* Revenue of $108.6 million, an increase of $7.3 million from the fourth quarter of 2006.

* Gross margin of 33.5%, an increase of 120 bps from the prior quarter.

* GAAP net income of $232,000, or $0.00 per share based on 60.8 million weighted average fully diluted shares outstanding. Net income increased by $6.2 million or $0.10 per share from the fourth quarter of 2006.

* Non-GAAP cash earnings of $4.4 million or $0.07 per share. This marks an increase of $3.5 million or $0.06 per share from the prior quarter. The Company defines non-GAAP cash earnings as net income excluding merger, restructuring and related costs, stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets and unusual charges. Please see the section of this release entitled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and the attached table for details and reconciliations of this measure to the comparable GAAP measure.

* An ending cash balance of $16.9 million. The Company's seasonal cash consumption during the quarter resulted from working capital increases to fund the growth of the business and continued debt repayment.

* Revenue from the Company's top 10 customers in Q1 increased 13% compared to the prior year and 12% from the prior quarter. Lionbridge also secured several new client programs during the quarter including contracts with an international telecommunications company, a world-renowned consulting organization and a market-leading consumer electronics company.

Also during the quarter, the Company accelerated market adoption of Freeway(TM), Lionbridge's web-based language management platform. The Company ended the quarter with approximately 1,000 users worldwide on Freeway. In addition, Logoport(TM), the Company's next generation translation memory technology, is now used by more than 1,500 active translators every week. This innovative, internet-architected platform enables Lionbridge to streamline multilingual content management and enables clients to optimize their global information assets across their global organization.

"Our existing customer relationships are growing, our pipeline of new business is strong and market response to our language technology continues to exceed our expectations," said Rory Cowan, CEO, Lionbridge. "In the first quarter we delivered solid revenue growth and increased earnings. With our traditional mid-year revenue ramp ahead of us and ongoing operational efficiencies, we expect this positive momentum to continue in the second quarter and the second half of 2007."

The Company provided an overview of its revenue expectations for the second quarter of 2007 with estimated revenue of $114.0 to $119.0 million.

The Company will host a conference call today at 9:00 am ET regarding the content of this release. The conference call will be carried live on the Internet. Instructions for listening to the call over the Internet are available on the Investor's page of the Lionbridge web site at http://www.lionbridge.com/webcast/may8/ . A replay will be available at this location for a week.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this release, the Company's Cash Earnings disclosures are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and are not intended to be used in lieu of GAAP presentations of results of operations or cash provided by operating activities. Cash Earnings represents GAAP Earnings excluding amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, restructuring, unusual items and stock based compensation expenses. Cash Earnings are presented because management believes it provides additional information with respect to both the performance of our fundamental business activities as well as the Company's ability to meet future debt service and working capital requirements. Management believes the cash earnings information is useful to investors for these reasons. Cash Earnings is a non- GAAP financial measure and should not be viewed as an alternative to GAAP measures of performance. Management believes the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is net income and has provided a reconciliation of Cash Earnings to net income on the last page of this press release.

About Lionbridge

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) is a provider of globalization and offshoring services. Lionbridge combines global resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle - from development to globalization, testing and maintenance. Global organizations rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains 50 solution centers in 25 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge and VeriTest brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com.

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